Financial Crisis Final Report

You probably won't be reading it over Spring Break, but the U.S. Senate Investigations Subcommittee released this week their final report on the key causes of the recent financial crisis. "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse" represents in 635 pages all the evidence gathered from four hearings held in 2010 and from many other sources, and includes new facts, findings, and recommendations. Together with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, issued in January 2011 by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, this new report provides a wealth of information and analysis for any research on the financial institutions, agencies, government regulators, and other factors behind the country's "deepest recession since the Great Depression."
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Spring Break hours

It's finally Spring!!! Which means just like you, I get a break. Time for some serious cleaning, stretching and, of course, napping. We will be here Spring Break Week during the following hours:

PLEASE NOTE: There will be 24/7 access when the Circulation Desk is closed: EXCEPT :the Library closes completely at 6 p.m. on Saturday night, April 23^rd and will reopen for regular 24/7 access at 12:01 Monday, April 25^th , at 12:01am.

Circulation Desk Hours:

Friday, April 15 8:00 A.M.- 7:00 P.M.
Saturday, April 16 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Sunday, April 17 Noon - 8:00 P.M.
Monday, April 18 - Thursday, April 21 8:00 A.M. - 8:00P.M.
Friday, April 22 (Good Friday) 24/7 access only
Saturday, April 23 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Sunday, April 24 (Easter) LIBRARY CLOSED

Reference Desk Hours:

Friday, April 15 9:00 A.M.- 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, April 16 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Sunday, April 17 Noon - 8:00 P.M.
Monday, April 18 - Thursday, April 21 9:00 A.M.- 5:00 P.M.
Friday, April 22 (Good Friday) Reference Desk CLOSED
Saturday, April 23 No Reference Librarian available
Sunday, April 24 (Easter) LIBRARY CLOSED

Enjoy the holidays and your Spring Break!!!



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House Of Representatives Votes On Internet Neutrality

The U.S. House of Representatives voted recently on the subject of FCC regulations that seek to preserve Internet neutrality by content providers. Read the result here.

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Online Resources: The Health Law Resource Center

If you are looking for in-depth, practice-oriented news, legal analysis, and practice tools addressing important issues affecting the health care industry, try The Health Law Resource Center.

The Resource Center is organized topically according to seven broad areas of health law — Business & Taxation; Fraud, Abuse, & Compliance; Health Information & Technology; Health Insurance & Benefits; Hospital & Provider Regulation; Medicare & Medicaid; and Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences.

To access The Resource Center(BNA):

• Go to the Library's home page, click "Online Resources"
• Click the "Health Law" link
• Scroll down to "Health Care Daily Report (BNA)"

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Hofstra Student Cited in Widely-Read Opinion

Congratulations to Hofstra Law student Alessandra Glorioso, whose note in the Hofstra Law Review, Google Books: An Orphan Works Solution?, was cited in the Southern District of New York's recent rejection of the Google Books settlement.

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Deep Web Research 2011

The Deep Web covers in the vicinity of 1 trillion plus pages of information located through the world wide web in various files and formats that current Internet search engines cannot find or have difficulty accessing. Deep Web Research 2011 is designed to give you the resources you need to better understand the history of the deep web research, as well as various classifications of resources that allow you to search through the currently available web to find those key sources of information nuggets only found by understanding how to search the "deep web".
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Are client emails protected by attorney-client privilege?

Emails have become a fast and convenient way to communicate with others. As such, it is no surprise that clients are also utilizing emails to communicate with their attorneys. Despite the convenience, there are issues of attorney-client privilege as well as other issues surrounding client emails. The New York Law Journal recently published an article addressing these issues in an article entitled "Does Attorney-Client Privilege Protect Client E-Mail?" The article also discusses confidentiality, waiver and also provides several recent decisions on this topic.
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Exams in the Good Old Days

Yes, it looks like law school exams were easier in the old days--well, the really old days, anyway. Thanks to the Harvard Law School Library, which has digitized and posted the full run of annual law school exams from 1871 to 1998, you can explore this treasure trove and judge for yourself. Of course, the law was much simpler without current tax, civil rights, sales and other statutes to deal with. And Professor Christopher Langdell, who introduced the case-method into legal education, had just begun his Deanship. But how long would you have had to study for this 1871 torts exam? Check out the exams and how they changed over the years, and see if you can answer the questions about them posed by the Wall Street Journal Law Blog.

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Congress- past and present

For a virtual library cat, I can be kind of geeky. I LOVE prowling the web for legislative history. My all-time favorite site for legislative history research - LexisNexis Congressional - has recently been bought and undergone a name change. It is now know as "ProQuest Congressional".

You will still find it listed as "LexisNexis Congressional" under Federal Information-Legislative in the Library's Online Resources listing. We will soon be adding the new name "ProQuest Congressional."

For those tracking the latest developments in legislation on the budget, remember OpenCongress and GovTrack . Although, for the latest news developments on the possible Federal Government shutdown, nothing beats your favorite major news site, like the New York Times, Washington Post or Wall Street Journal.

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Research Instruction Videos

The library has uploaded new videos to help students improve their research skills. These are all available on the library's webcasts page.

10-15 minute videos on effective use of Lexis and Westlaw are linked under Advanced Lexis/Westlaw Quick Tours,
and recordings of the library's prepare to practice series are listed under
The Top Ten Research Skills: What Employers Really Want New Attorneys to Know.


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